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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J. updated 2025-11-05 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000082b.htm person Bosisto Joseph AACR2 21 March 1824 8 November 1898 Place of Birth Leeds, England Place of Death Richmond, Victoria, Australia Chemist Pharmacist Joseph Bosisto, a qualified pharmacist, arrived from England in 1848 to work for F.H. Faulding in Adelaide. He later set up business in Richmond, Victoria and became famous for products incorporating eucalyptus oil. He was a life-long friend of F. v. Mueller.

Born Leeds, England, 21 March 1824. Died Richmond, Victoria, 8 November 1898. CMG 1886. Apprenticed to a druggist and gained certificates in 1847 from the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain. Arrived Adelaide 1848; worked for F.H. Faulding 1848-51; Forest Creek goldfields 1851-52; set up pharmacy at Richmond 1852; his eucalyptus oil products sold in Britain, Europe, India and South Africa; partner of Felton and Grimwade 1882-85; became their subsidiary 1885; mortgaged his share to his partners 1889; served for 12 years on Richmond Municipal Council, mayor 1865-67; member for Richmond, Legislative Assembly 1874-89; introduced pharmacy bill 1876; member for Jolimont and West Richmond 1892-94. A founder and later president, Pharmaceutical Society of Victoria 1857.

1895 1895 Taxonomy event - Honoured with Eucalyptus bosistoana F.Muell. Royal Commission for Promoting Technological and Industrial Instruction, Parliament of Victoria (1869 - 1890)

Member of Commission 1880 - c1890

 Pharmaceutical Society of Victoria (1857 - 1970s)

Joseph Bosisto was a founder and later president of the Pharmaceutical Society of Victoria.

 Intercolonial Exhibition of Australasia (1866 - 1867)

Section chairman and Juror for the Exhibition

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 Bosisto, Joseph (1824-1898)

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 'Bosisto, Joseph', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Bosisto, Joseph Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Abstract of a Paper on the Yield and Uses of Volatile Oils, from Native and Imported Plants, in the Colony of Victoria Bosisto, Joseph Abstract of a Paper on the Yield and Uses of Volatile Oils, from Native and Imported Plants, in the Colony of Victoria Melbourne Wilson & Mackinnon 1865 Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 6 52-61 Journal Article: The good oil: eucalyptus oil distilleries in Australia. Pearson, Michael The good oil: eucalyptus oil distilleries in Australia. 1993 Australasian Historical Archaeology 11 99-107 Book: Eucalypts: a Celebration Wrigley, J.; and Fagg, M. Eucalypts: a Celebration Crows Nest Australia Allen & Unwin 2010

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 Book Section: Bosisto, Joseph (1824-1898), chemist and parliamentarian Griffin, James Bosisto, Joseph (1824-1898), chemist and parliamentarian Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1969 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 3: 1851 - 1890 A-C Douglas Pike 197--199 Journal Article: The materia medica of the Eucalypts Bosisto, J The materia medica of the Eucalypts Melbourne T.M. Buzzard 1885 The Australian Medical Journal 441-451 Journal Article: On the Eucalyptus globulus, or blue gum of Australia Bosisto, J. On the Eucalyptus globulus, or blue gum of Australia Melbourne T.M. Buzzard 1872 The Australian Medical Journal 17 361-364 Journal Article: Is the Eucalyptus a Fever-Destroying Tree? Bosisto, J. Is the Eucalyptus a Fever-Destroying Tree? London J.& A. Churchill 1874-1875 Pharmaceutical Journal and Transactions 270 Journal Article: Note on Daviesia latifolia Bosisto, J. Note on <span style="font-style:italic">Daviesia latifolia</span> Melbourne Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science 1890 Report of the second meeting of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science 2 554 Journal Article: Some Notes on the Culture of Opium in Gipps Land Bosisto, Joseph Some Notes on the Culture of Opium in Gipps Land Melbourne Wilson & Mackinnon 1874 Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 10 39-42 Journal Article: Is the Eucalyptus a Fever-Destroying Tree? Bosisto, Joseph Is the Eucalyptus a Fever-Destroying Tree? Melbourne Wilson & Mackinnon 1874 Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 12 10-23 Journal Article: Shellac Bosisto, Joseph Shellac Melbourne A.E. Massina 1886 The Australasian Journal of Pharmacy 1 49-50 Journal Article: The Materia Medica of the Eucalyptus Bosisto, Joseph The Materia Medica of the Eucalyptus Melbourne A.E. Massina 1886 The Australasian Journal of Pharmacy 1 1-6 Journal Article: Mr. Bosisto's Essay on the Eucalyptus and its Properties Bosisto, Joseph Mr. Bosisto's Essay on the Eucalyptus and its Properties 1878 published in "Paris Universal Exhibition of 1878: Victoria, Australia, Official Catalogue of Exhibits," R.K. Burt & Co., Printers, London,1878 259-269 Journal Article: Daviesia latifolia Bosisto, Joseph Daviesia latifolia London J.& A. Churchill 1898 Pharmaceutical Journal and Transactions, series 4 187 Journal Article: Kinos Bosisto, Joseph Kinos London J.& A. Churchill 1897 Pharmaceutical Journal and Transactions 193 Journal Article: The Mimosa, or Wattle Bark Industry of Victoria Bosisto, Joseph The Mimosa, or Wattle Bark Industry of Victoria 1878 The Chemist and Druggist, with Australasian Supplement 1 19-20, 27-28, 37-38 Journal Article: On the Cultivation of Mentha piperita or True Peppermint, in Victoria, Based on a Report Received from England Relating to its Oil Value Bosisto, Joseph On the Cultivation of Mentha piperita or True Peppermint, in Victoria, Based on a Report Received from England Relating to its Oil Value Melbourne Wilson & Mackinnon 1874 Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 10 116-120 Journal Article: The Indigenous Vegetation of Australia, with Special Reference to the Eucalypti Bosisto, J. The Indigenous Vegetation of Australia, with Special Reference to the Eucalypti London J.& A. Churchill 1886 Pharmaceutical Journal and Transactions 13-16 Book: A science of our own: exhibitions and the rise of Australian public science Hoffenberg, Peter H. A science of our own: exhibitions and the rise of Australian public science Pittsburgh University of Pittsburgh Press 2018 Resource: Eucalypts Sheppard, H. et al. Eucalypts Australian Government 2007

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 Resource: Science and the making of Victoria Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre Science and the making of Victoria 2001 Resource: Technology in Australia 1788-1988 Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering Technology in Australia 1788-1988 Online Melbourne Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre 2000 Journal Article: Records of Victorian Botanists Maiden, J. H. Records of Victorian Botanists 1908 The Victorian naturalist 25 101-117 Joseph Bosisto - Records State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection Joseph Bosisto - Records MS 10963 1824 - 1898 Material assembled by H.V. Feehan in the course of his biographical work on Bosisto, including scientific papers, personal records, printed reports and genealogical material [MS 10963]. Joseph Bosisto - Records The University of Melbourne Archives Joseph Bosisto - Records 1882 - 1953 Records of Bosisto & Co. Pty. Ltd., eucalyptus oil manufacturing company, subsidiary of Drug Houses of Australia Ltd including minutes 1882-1948; legal documents 1885-1956; technical reports 1912-17 and accounts 1899-1953. Australian Botanists - Biographies Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science Australian Botanists - Biographies MS 064 Hunt Institute Biographies. Short biographies, averaging 2 pages, of Australian botanists, botanical collectors or artists. 0.24 m, 3 boxes